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Australian authorities are investigating a China-based syndicate which pays high school students to have their home addresses used for deliveries of parcels of illegal drugs. The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service says students from several public and private high schools in Sydney's inner west have been targetted. Some students were connected through social media sites such as Facebook. Source: abc.net.au

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Historian Dr Julian Zelizer joins The World Today to discuss the presidency of George W. Bush. The Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Dr Zelizer says while many journalists have delivered a harsh assessment of George W. Bush, he predicts the former president ultimately will be judged as a leader of real substance.

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